THUS IT IS PLAIN THAT TO BE AN IDEAL HOUSEHOLDER IS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TASK THAN TO BE AN IDEAL SANNYASIN

Now you see what Karma-Yoga means; even at the point of death to help any one, without asking questions. Be cheated millions of times and never ask a question, and never think of what you are doing. Never vaunt of your gifts to the poor or expect their gratitude, but rather be grateful to them for giving you the occasion of practicing charity to them. Thus it is plain that to be an ideal householder is a much more difficult task than to be an ideal Sannyasin; the true life of work is indeed as hard as, if not harder than, the equally true life of renunciation.

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Karma-Yoga/The Secret of Work